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Prenda cases

This table supplements the post “Does Prenda call it quits or cooking a new fraud?” and was created to illustrate the fact that at the end of 2012 Prenda started mass-dismissing cases that were filed on behalf of “real” plaintiffs. In the meantime, shell (fake) “plaintiffs” were not affected.

You can help by extending this table. Just leave the comment with new information below or send me a personal email: I will incorporate new data. The easiest way is to use RFCExpress.com: search for the case number or a party, then click on the documents tab and request an update. When updating is finished, navigate back, refresh an look at the latest filings.

Why did not I redact the names?

Defendant names are already searchable, because they are displayed on wefightpiracy.com, surrounded by lies. At some point the list of these names was even captioned “Pirates.” That caption was quickly erased, when victims started mulling the possibility of defamation charges. Since this site has higher Google visibility than Prenda’s site, I hope that those who search for specific names in the course of an employment or security screening process come here instead and read the following plea:

If you came here searching for a specific name as a part of employment screening process, please be advised that many defendants in these copyright infringement cases did not do what they are accused of doing. Copyright trolls who filed these cases with a sole goal of harassing and extorting settlements, do not care about unacceptably high false positive rate — up to 30% (as one of their lawyers admitted on the record). As a result, approximately one-third of the people, whose names can be found here, are most likely completely innocent. Feel free to contact me, and I will tell you more, but please do not add insult to injury (these people suffered enough already!) and make hasty conclusions that may ruin an innocent’s career. Even more, listing a name in connection with a pornography lawsuit is a part of troll’s plan: to scare into paying a legion of others, not yet named, innocents or not.

2012-12-31 67 0 Order Dismissing Case ORDER CLOSING CASE. Upon review of Plaintiff’s 66 Notice of Voluntary Dismissal, filed December 27, 2012, in which Plaintiff voluntarily dismisses this action in its entirety without prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1), it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that this case is now CLOSED and all pending motions are DENIED AS MOOT. This entry constitutes the ENDORSED ORDER in its entirety. Signed by Judge Joan A. Lenard on 12/31/2012. (atl) (Entered: 12/31/2012)

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